Plan B’s Ill Manors v Alexandra Burke’s Elephant: Video Fight Club

Rapper Plan B and X Factor winner Alexandra Burke are both set for a return to the charts after unveiling their comeback singles – but who will come out on top in this week’s Music Video Fight Club?

Plan B takes on Alexandra Burke in this week’s fight clubStory

East London born rapper Plan B has gone back to his roots with the release of highly charged lead single Ill Manors from the 28-year-old’s third studio album of the same name.

Directed by Yann Demange, who won critical acclaim for masterminding last year’s gritty drama Top Boy, an angry Plan B can be seen marauding around a council estate with a group of hooded youths as they run riot fighting and looting.

His tale of social alienation is played out alongside clips of last year’s London Riots as well as incorporating David Cameron’s infamous 2006 trip to a council estate in Manchester and John Prescott punching a protester in 2001.

X Factor winner Alexandra Burke can be seen dancing provocatively around a warehouse in the video for her new comeback single Elephant featuring house DJ Eric Morillo.

Dressed in a leather jacket, visible black bra and the tightest hot pants in pop, the 23-year-old seems to be enjoying herself as she parties with a group of friends but, oddly enough, no elephants.

In rather predictable fashion, as the bass drops the party hits fever pitch as Burke and co. jump into trolleys and let off fire extinguishers. However the carnival atmosphere is ruined as Burke’s metaphorical elephant enters the party leaving us alldesperatelywondering what will happen next.

After achieving mainstream success with 2010 triple platinum selling soul album The Defamation Of Strickland Banks, Plan B has again ripped up the musical rule book with mean-tempered track Ill Manors.

Ben Drew’s musical evolution continues at full speed with the first taster from his new album, lending his aggressive vocals over a sample from Dmitri Shostakovichâs 1941 resistance themed Symphony No. 7.

Described as a hip-hop musical, hip-hop fans who were left alienated with his widely commercial sophomore effort may have their ears pricked by this fiery humdinger of a track.

Second album syndrome can be a major headache for recording artists and if this is the best Miss Burke has to offer then she may struggle to stimulate her army of pop lovers.

Erick Morillo has been rather quiet since enjoying relative success 20 years ago and the house beat he supplies for Simon Cowell’s X Factor protege sounds stuck in a 90s time warp.

Worse than the predictable thumping beats, slick synths and Burke’s auto-tuned vocals is the laughable chorus drop which has minimal impact.

When the final breakdown hits, you’ll be smiling that the whole ordeal is coming to an end.

Plan B: ‘ Who closed down the community centre? / I used to kill time there used to be a member, what will I do now until September? / Schools out, rules out, get your bloody tools out / Londonâs burning, I predict a riot,’